title: Acute central retinal artery occlusion associated with livedoid vasculopathy: a variant of Sneddon's syndrome.
abstract: Livedoid vasculopathy (LV) is characterized by a long history of ulceration of the feet and legs and histopathology indicating a thrombotic process. We report a case of acute central retinal artery occlusion in a 32-year-old woman who had LV. She showed no discernible laboratory abnormalities such as antiphospholipid antibodies and no history of cerebrovascular accidents. Attempted intra-arterial thrombolysis showed no effect in restoring retinal arterial perfusion or vision. The central retinal artery occlusion accompanied by LV in this case could be regarded as a variant form of Sneddon's syndrome, which is characterized by livedo reticularis and cerebrovascular accidents.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seongnam, Korea. ; Department of Biomedical Sciences, Seoul National University Graduate School, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Hyun Beom
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Se Joon
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Woo
authors.forename: Cheol Kyu
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.forename: Yun Jong
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Jeeyun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ahn
authors.forename: Kyu Hyung
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: O-Ki
authors.initials: OK
authors.lastname: Kwon
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005451:Fluorescein Angiography; D005654:Fundus Oculi; D006801:Humans; D015356:Retinal Artery Occlusion / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D018860:Sneddon Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D014792:Visual Acuity
keywords: Antiphospholipid antibodies; Atrophic blanche; Livedoid vasculopathy; Retinal artery occlusion; Sneddon syndrome